Well, it isn't a painting on canvas! Alexa Meade paints directly on live models to create the illusion of painterly portraits. It is quite freaky and incredible! View more of Meade's art at Flickr. Notes about the artist (from bio): Alexa Meade's innovative use of paint on the three dimensional surfaces of found objects, live models, and architectural ...

Photomontage portraits by Eamonn Harnett. You can view more of his work at Flickr. Link via Booooom

Toast art by Toronto-based artist Tibi Tibi Neuspiel. See also: A Six-foot depiction of Christ on 153 slices of Toast Link via The World's Best Ever

As a result of collecting so many VHS, cassettes and floppy disks, Nick Gentry is recycling these past-technological items to creating his own art. A similar idea has also been done by Sami Havi. Notes about the artist: Since graduating from Central St Martins in 2006, the focus has been to explore how technological advancement is affecting ...

Product designers Ivan Duval and Jean Sebastien Ide thought it would be fun to draw known figures on U.S. dollar bills. I don't think George Washington would have allowed this! Link via Toxel